anthem
/ˈænθəm/noun
1
- a rousing or uplifting song identified with a particular group, body, or cause颂歌, 赞歌：
the song became the anthem for hippie activists.
这首歌成为嬉皮士激进主义分子的赞歌。
1.1
- （亦作national anthem）a solemn patriotic song officially adopted by a country as an expression of national identity国歌。
2
- a musical setting of a religious text to be sung by a choir during a church service, especially in Anglican or Protestant Churches（尤指圣公会或新教教会的）圣歌。
词源
Old English antefn, antifne (denoting a composition sung antiphonally)， from late Latin antiphona （see ANTIPHON）. The spelling with th, which began in the 16th cent., was on the pattern of similar words such as Antony, Anthony.